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July 20, 2012

Weight Update: Body Image

I have come a long way since my last weight update more than one month ago. I was 140lbs the last time I talked to you about my weight loss journey, and now I weigh 134lbs. I have been amazed at how my body has changed, and that's what I want to talk about with you today.

Even when I was a young girl in high school, I always thought I looked fat -- I was far from it at 5'2" and less than 100lbs -- and that, obviously, negatively affected my body image. We all know how hard it is on a girl -- no matter what size she is -- to be bombarded with magazines, and other forms of media, that are stuffed full of skinny girls that are 6'2" and 110lbs.

I'm wearing a pair of pre-pregnancy pants!

But now that I have been over-weight, and had to do some work to get back to the body that I had pre-pregnancy -- which I honestly never thought would happen -- I have a greater love for my body, and how thin I really am:

- I always thought I had big -- or athletic -- calves, but they are so small!

- I thought my hips were big, but they are perfect for my body!

- I thought my belly was full of fat, but it looks like an Olympian's six pack -- okay, that is an exaggeration.

After having my son, I would
look at old photographs of myself, and I realised how small I was. Here I
thought that I had always been fat, and now, actually being
over-weight, I was looking at what I once had and thought to myself "How
stupid was I to think that I was fat?" I mean, I had a fantastic body,
and I never appreciated it for what it was.

I have waited for a year to be able to wear this shirt!

As I am slowly making my way back to what I once was, I'm falling in love with a body that I should have always loved. The only thing that makes me sad is the fact that I had to become over-weight in order to do that.

14 comments:

you look fabulous! i have always struggled with self-image issues, and have always been 15-25 pounds heavier than my "ideal" weight. i've lost quite a bit of weight in the last year and i feel great but i also hate that for so long i beat myself up over my curves.

You look great! I am excited for you! Like you I have recently gotten into some pants that I thought were "goners". Sadly people only appreciate what they have when it is past. We really do need to be content with the "present".